April 7, 2008
Embassy of the United States of America
Belgrade

USAID Supported Experts to Assist the National Bank of Serbia to Strengthen Actuarial Profession

On Monday, April 7th, the Vice-Governor of the National Bank of Serbia, Mira Eric-Jovic, and Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Michael Harvey, will formally launch the Actuarial Training Course, taught by leading actuarial professors Doug Andrews, Rob Brown, Carole Bernard and Harry Panjer from the world’s largest Actuarial Science Department at the University of Waterloo, Canada. The courses are being held at the National Bank of Serbia from March 24 to July 4, 2008, for participants from the insurance industry and academia members involved in the actuarial science.

This intensive course is part of the Program for the Improvement of the Actuarial Profession, developed jointly by USAID and the National Bank of Serbia. It focuses on Pension Insurance, Risk Modeling and Property and Casualty Insurance. After the successful completion of the course, participants will meet internationally-recognized testing standards for certification, enabling them to become certified actuaries after acquiring three years of practical work experience.

Actuaries are professionals who assess financial consequences of unforeseen events, different types of risks and solvency of insurances companies. They play a key role in the insurance industry, thus such long term training program will lead to a more effective and efficient implementation of insurance services in Serbia.

The Actuarial training is part of USAID’s Economic Growth activity, a technical assistance project worth $20 million, implemented by BearingPoint Inc, an international management and consulting company based in Washington, DC. The goal of this USAID program is to help Serbia maintain rapid economic growth by strengthening the capacity of key economic and financial institutions to effectively manage the transition to a market economy. USAID key counterparts in the implementation of this project are the National Bank of Serbia, the Ministry of Finance and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Journalists interested in covering the event are kindly invited to be at the premises of the National Bank of Serbia (Amphitheatre, 2nd floor), Nemanjina 17, on Monday, April 7, at 08:45 am

For more information about this event or about USAID’s Economic Growth activity, please contact Zorica Lugonja Bičanski, Communications Specialist, at 063 367 141, (011) 3283 597 or zbicanski@bep.org.yu. For more information about USAID projects in Serbia, please see http://serbia.usaid.gov or write to comments-Belgrade@usaid.gov.

Vice-Governor of the National Bank of Serbia Mira Eric-Jović officially opens Actuarial training course at the National Bank

Viceguvernerka Narodne banke Srbije Mira Erić-Jović zvanično otvara kurseve aktuarske obuke pri Narodnoj banci

USAID Mission Director Michael Harvey addresses training participants

Direktor USAID-a se obraća učesnicima kurseva obuke

7. april, 2008
Ambasada Sjedinjenih Američkih Država
Beograd

USAID DOVODI EKSPERTE KOJI PRUŽAJU PODRŠKU NARODNOJ BANCI SRBIJE U NAPORIMA DA OJAČA AKTUARSKU PROFESIJU

U ponedeljak, 7. aprila, viceguvernerka Narodne banke Srbije, Mira Erić-Jović i direktor Misije Američke agencije za međunarodni razvoj (USAID), Majkl Harvi svečano će obeležiti početak Kurseva aktuarske obuke, na kojima će predavači biti vodeći profesori aktuarstva: Dag Endrus, Rob Braun, Kerol Bernard i Heri Pendžer, sa najveće katedre za aktuarstvo na svetu, sa Univerziteta u Vaterlou, u Kanadi. Kursevi se održavaju u Narodnoj banci Srbije, u periodu od 24. marta do 4. jula, 2008, za učesnike iz industrije osiguranja i članove akademske zajednice koji se bave aktuarstvom.

Ova intenzivna obuka deo je Programa unapređenja aktuarske profesije, koji zajedno sprovode USAID i Narodna banka Srbije. Akcenat će biti stavljen na penzijsko osiguranje, modeliranje rizika i imovinsko osiguranje i osiguranje od nezgode. Nakon uspešnog okončanja obuke, učesnici će biti upoznati sa međunarodno priznatim standardima testiranja za dobijanje dozvole za rad, što će im omogućiti da postanu ovlašćeni aktuari nakon što steknu tri godine praktičnog radnog iskustva.
Aktuari su stručnjaci koji procenjuju finansijske posledice nepredviđenih događaja, različite vrste rizika i solventnost društava za osiguranje. Aktuari igraju ključnu ulogu u industriji osiguranja, te će stoga ovakav dugoročan program obuke doprineti delotvornijem i efikasnijem pružanju usluga osiguranja u Srbiji.

Aktuarska obuka predstavlja deo USAID-ovog Projekta podrške ekonomskom razvoju Srbije. Vrednost ovog projekta tehničke pomoći iznosi 20 miliona dolara, a sprovodi ga BearingPoint Inc, međunarodna konsultantska kuća sa sedištem u Vašingtonu. Ciljevi ovog USAID programa jesu pružanje podrške Srbiji u održavanju ubrzanog privrednog razvoja jačanjem kapaciteta ključnih privrednih i finansijskih institucija za delotvorno upravljanje tranzicijom ka tržišnoj privredi. Glavni lokalni partneri USAID-a u sprovođenju ovog projekta su: Narodna banka Srbije, Ministarstvo finansija i Komisija za hartije od vrednosti.

Novinari koji su zainteresovani da prate ovaj događaj, pozivaju se u prostorije Narodne banke Srbije (amfiteatar na 2. spratu), u Nemanjinoj 17, u ponedeljak, 7. aprila 2008, u 08:45 časova.

Više informacija o ovom događaju ili o ovom USAID Programu molimo Vas da kontaktirate Zoricu Lugonja Bičanski, savetnika za komunikacije, na brojeve telefona: 063 367 141, (011) 3283 597, ili imejl adresu: zbicanski@bep.org.yu

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